Boston Bruins vs Nashville Predators Prediction, 10/22/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Bruins vs Nashville Predators

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Location: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN

TV: Bally Sports South

Bridgestone Arena is the location where the Nashville Predators (0-5-0) will play the Boston Bruins (3-2-1) on Tuesday.

The Boston Bruins will look to clean up some issues after taking a 2-1 loss against the Hockey Club in their previous outing. Boston accounted for 10 minutes in the box in this contest. The Bruins left a lot to be desired in terms of their offense in the loss. Additionally, they had 3 power play opportunities but didn't net one. For the game, they earned a goal on 1 of the 23 shots they attempted.

At even strength, the Bruins have allowed the opponent to score 15 goals while getting 17 as an offensive unit. Boston Bruins opponents have 29 power play tries (1st in the league) and have a total of 5 goals in those chances. Concerning their scoring, the Boston Bruins have racked up 21 goals (10th in the league) this year and have given up 20. Boston has taken 159 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 13.2%. For the current campaign, they have earned 7 points and their points percentage is .583. The Bruins so far have had 176 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .886. Boston has accumulated 25 power play opportunities and they have scored 4 goals out of those attempts, earning them a percentage of 16.00%.

The player between the pipes for this game is Jeremy Swayman. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Swayman is sitting with 56 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .651. His save percentage is .919 in his 5,249 minutes played. Swayman has seen 2,451 shots taken against him and has amassed 2,253 saves. The opposition has notched 198 goals versus Swayman in his pro career and his goals against average is 2.26. He has compiled a record of 56-24-8 and he started in 86 games. Swayman has been in net for 92 matchups throughout his hockey career.

In their last game, Nashville played the Red Wings in a game where the Predators ended up losing by a tally of 5-2. The Predators netted 2 goals out of the 39 shots on goal they pursued. They had 2 power play attempts in this one and scored 1 out of those opportunities.

The Predators have accumulated 7 goals at even strength and 3 goals (23rd in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. Nashville has taken 177 shots (9th in the NHL) and has a shot percentage of 5.65%, while allowing the opposition 137 shots. So far this season, the Nashville Predators have accounted for 10 goals, 0 points, as well as a points percentage of .000. They have allowed 23 goals to be scored by way of 21 goals at even strength and 2 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have a tally of 16 chances on the power play and they have earned a power play percentage of 18.75%. They have recorded a penalty kill percentage of 86.67% on their oppositions 15 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is 83.2%.

For the opposition you are going to see Juuse Saros between the pipes. He is sitting with 8,131 saves out of 8,850 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .919. Saros is the owner of a career mark of 147-99-27 and has been in goal for 290 contests. He got the starting nod in 273 games and has racked up 16,652 mins. Saros' quality start percentage comes in at 61.9% and he has accumulated 169 quality starts in his hockey career. His opponents are averaging 2.59 goals per game and he has yielded 719 goals altogether.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony's Pick: Take Nashville

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